The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1887-12-02

ia Ranideg and other parishes, never was /
abie TO collect salary from tho treasury q the |
That system was broken up--a .Byasem
under which men have been paid TO hold on l.
70 tho 9oor-knob Of the treasury ~ night |
present their warrants fer payment in the
We adopted the system Of pro /
rata payments, and everyone fared eiika, l
whether Sewing ~ p4 9 on , ~ "A, 9Tles s3
and for the first time IN the history Of this /
State nluce the war the public officer dis /
charging his duty receives his Warr2nt AND /
simultaneously from the treasury check for |
his salary, and every institution Of the state I
JIG enabled. through the fiscal arrangements |
that have been perfected, 70 receive we |
the warrant Of no pubic fnstitution Il placed |
upon the market Gradually we have seen |
the Htate credit rise from furty-two cents on |
the dollar to ninety.twe cents. Soon you VIII
i have heard Il charged against Gov. No,
Emery that he was responsible TOR the recent
debt settlement Of course he was resp9n;
that settlement to the General Assembly for
submission to tho people OF tho State.
VIII. should The fdgpds o. Gen. Nichols
charge against Coy. Mqilnery7
Do you not know that when that message
was cont To- the General Assembly Teooln7
mps99dsng the sdopti9,n th9s .t sstti ",
ton signed BY Francis 4, Nicholas
REcoHnfEFDIgd Tng sETrLEMENT,
aud requesting Gov. MolsneEy 70 recon-
Referring to, the finances Of the State
hear IL said, .'Ab, true, yon have raised the
credit OF thelStatej you have enabled the banks
money Il lower rates of interest, and when
the State credit IL % par then We can look
forward 70 lower rates oi interest foT the
warrants 81 1874 and issB and 1886 out
standing n lis true that there are var
rants Of 1884. 1885 and 1886 outstanding
70 tho extent Of 5000. 600, or 100000, but
ministretion, thAtif It had not been for the
fact that the McEnery administration has
had TO spply 1925 600 TO the payment OF tho
old debts of the Nichols administration, and
$420, 900 more 10 the building of the State
| House and other extra expenditures on pub,
| lilo institutions etc. We could have wiped all
those warrants out end have had Large sur
| plus inthe treasury. lApplause.l
The current expenses 81 the State govern
/ ment, when this administration came IN,
| were $3.50, 600. now they are $500, 000t
| do not claim that ~ the credit for these
| facts is due to GOV. MeEnery, but what do
| claim is this, that the reduction of expepdi-
i lures, the stoppaHe OF the creation OF ti0at-
| ing debt, that wAB the key 10 the financial
gitnntion, and to all the measures tending 70
] retrenehment and reform that have been car,
| RED out by receipt Legislatures, and eseb and
every one Of those measures, has had the
1 cordial recommendation and the cordial co.
4 operation Of the Executive Of the State,
| Your own Representative, II. r. Hunter, viii
i beaT testimony OF That fact because recog-
| nize him es one Of the most earnest and In
! defstigabie members OF that Legislature,
i where more good laws were passed, and leEB
! Within ny knowledge 81 tic history ii this
/ Stats [ApplalIso. A voice. That's 30,
Major Burke, and TO you, also.'l
IN regard to
THE IEyEE POLICY or THE apyERNoB,
I have only this to say; It's useless for me,
! before an intelligent TepreBe ntnttYe e0mtp un-
| ity TO 20 oyer tho facts and figures thst have
| been repeated time and time again. fnn Will
perhaps, say THAT Coy. BeEnery il not entitled
10 any special credit for the reconstruction OF
the leyes system, and that any good citizen
would have done the same with the means at
bis disposal What desire 10 Impress upon
I NicRoiis had t6ree.nilI ievee sax when hs
WHs Governor and Coy. McEnaTy has had
bnt one-inill tax In bis ADMINISTRATION 70
work on, What DO we fnd7 We find very
much larger amount Of york accomplished
during Gov McBuerYB administration We
lind 1t done at cheaper rates.
4 We find the declaration made In the C0nslt-
tntlon OF tlll Estate that u One-milI tax may Big
levied, which shall continue until the United
States government shall take charge Of tho
leEees. We Ind that When thai declaration
wac made no Intelligent citzeD'of tho state
posal Of the State the lRyae system could
BE- constructed within fifteen or twenty years
But what q the result worried oHt7 WHY,
we find that not only has the leyea aygteIl
thronRhout Louisiana been reconstructed and
placed in better condition to-day than at ans
tune since The B93T, Phi that W. nave aetlllalll
sisted Ia the oDnst EnettOR OF l0yees thaTe thEl
project our people on tho Macon and ths
Iepsa5. [Appiause,l
and Why 1t & that Gov. 8icEnefy + entitled L
espeeialeredit9 Its hecailsa when he found
the ogF-pili teY INADEQUATE " Wv aeoomq;
ptshIaesnt y thet paRrp E 8sa as ionna \
. erty Of the citizens by the means that We're a
his disposal, he had the brains and the cQur
gge TO devise and execute a plaH aId poliel
: born OF himself, whereby he called the peQpli
OF the State interested III riparian protection
together, and BY securing the co-OpgratiQn n
! the ctizeHs Lying along the baAkRnf TIL
t river, applied the state tax Of one mill Sc
} cured tic cooperation of tbs hississipp
: River Commission, and by combined actor
t 1 he was enabled to interest the United State
/ government ~ gueh gu extent that we Aei
thaH work almost completed within fiyo year
instead of fifteen. lIhat shows, in Fly est
HlHti0p, the difference between paHRiyl
GoyeEnoF agd 40 Aetiye, energeet5l5f, I'VE ag o
! i ID n5t say that in derogntion Of Gen
) Nicholla 1 respect linn as much ~ snl
gentleman ii. this audience, but ~ Publi
/ man, acting for my people called 70 oh0og
0 leader, i have the right ~ tho .exercis
Z oF my judgment, and my judgement is basel
uAtffN my hAHA NthA Any lllApGA
1 suppose Sam AlcEnnrg had rested his el
i forts tpon the Revised SiatateH when thee
Z emergencies came upon The people7 W9ul
hs sxes g5'e9 5sS bSs be Tee tssa bao
G over here on tho Btacll and TIE Iensas Eer
l. driven from their homes, tQatlng upon tllel
& ho6gsettlpF, Ead ieid bis band npan tlle 4,
i egltf Did he not call upon the people q th
10 CONS re FHE REsouKf
I Nay, did be not DO moreg know IL bocRus
2 WAS present he, p pqor man not pWnlnl
! more than, $1,000 worth ol property in u
2 world, WenttO Tho bank ana made ms pw
Z note, and borrowed the first 5000 Tint wei
Z q the, feiieE q Tie people near Catahqull
+ ne has Seen equally onrnestin edncatioDR
q AGRICULTURAL and All other nntters. He III
4 msenhis tma e9lefnllg earnestly 9qd ,gp
+ ~ his people and that " the reason why
am here on the stump snppoftlnB Aamn
Douglas 4eEnery. lAyoiee; Yes and y
ie Did You ever know tie public institution
u OF the State ~ be ~ better condition tina
\ they are tq7day7 Gen. Nichols was br4,
Il soldier and hta friends are appealing 10 u
:, soldier element for thelFHnpp9Tt ID tiiB can
Il lpaign; bat ge have al been furnishing y
Il stars that Riitiered upon the EhoHlders Of Il
"a Generals oyer Sine the war, and TOR q
u fnhplaiis6I, but how about tho priyhtt
n Sometimes tllere ought 10 be little done Il
" 1 HIN. tliNuphtgf.1 however mNcn ne M
IL have thought OF the private soldier dqriI
his adnini9trltlon,. he didn't seem 70 KING
a. the wey to carry biz fceiinRs into prhGh
v quite as effeety aly aH Gov. Mcinsfy, Vbp
70 BaB The bin for the Boldierg Home, bnt
Il never took shape 81 form uptil samuel ~
Il Emery, III his fceolgs 70 build up the publ
y inssilulions Of tie State, took hold 81 th
ID question and caused to be erected the 80
n diersi Home in the Gityo New Orleans.
N Under Whoao administration, ] Ark so
"a was IL Alht 100 acfes Og la,id We're graHh
4. lly tie LehlRlatgle ~ Iouisi4nR III avery y
81 nbed eX-Confederat9, or bis widow N
81 Energis.
h IL fha last campaign We beard great de
IL NJ noise shout the Fiscal Agency. Where d
D. THE FISCAL AGENCY
" come frDm7 Don'l yen know II came dow
x Us SaIng y. Mckuery from Frhpess p. Me-
s ola administration Hhe Fiscal Agent tn
y served Under the Witt administration AZ
n that ieFm serfed ont rs sirlsne4y vas elects
. L. hhn Rnnrl AI Ilamida lInn uEnAidnl oanr